Dr. Alvin Roy Cabrera M.D.
Radiation Oncologist | Radiation Oncology
300 Pasteur Dr Stanford CA, 94305About
Dr. Alvin Cabrera practices Radiation Oncology in Durham, NC. Radiation oncology is a medical specialty that involves treating cancer with radiation. Dr. Cabrera specializes in treating cancer with radiation, using radiation therapy to treat a wide variety of cancers. Radiation therapy uses carefully targeted and regulated doses of high-energy radiation to kill cancer cells.
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- Measuring tumor cell proliferation with 18F-FLT PET during radiotherapy of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma: a pilot clinical study.
- Hypofractionation for clinically localized prostate cancer.
- Histopathologic validation of 3'-deoxy-3'-18F-fluorothymidine PET for detecting tumor repopulation during fractionated radiotherapy of human FaDu squamous cell carcinoma in nude mice.
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